Cover for tobacco-pipes.



M. JAGEM'ANN.

COVER FOR TOBAOGO PIPES. nrmonlou FILED FEB. 2a, 1913.

Patented July 14,1914.

w .DMMO m THE NORRIS PET ERS CQ. PHOTD-LITHOH WASHINGTON, D. C

MAX JAGEIVIANN, or new roan, N. Y.

COVER FOR TOBACCO-PIPES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1d, 1914.

Application filed February 26, 1913. Serial No. 750,835. 1

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX JAG-EMANN, a citizen of Austria, and resident of the borough of Bronx, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cer-v tain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cover or lid for the bowls of smoking-pipes, to prevent the tobacco, ash and fire from being blown. about when smoked out-doors or in places where there is a strong draft.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, handy, practical and attractive device, which can be manufactured at low cost and is applicable to pipe bowls of various sizes.

A further object is the .production of a pipe cover that can be purchased separately, and formed by the smoker himself to fit over the top of the bowl of his tobacco pipe, being provided with means whereby it may be fastened in place and held against accidental dislodgment or loss, yet conveniently and quickly removable and replaceable.

Another object is toprovide a device of this character of such construction that one of its component parts can be utilized for removing residual matter from the bowl or draft passage.

Still another object is to provide a pipe cover provided on its surface with ornamentation or lettering for advertising purposes, formed by perforations which permit the passage of air to support the combustion of the tobacco in the bowl as well as the escape of smoke therefrom.

Further objects and advantages will become apparaent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view the invention comprises the improvements and combinations of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the said drawings :'Figure 1 is a top plan view of the deviceshowing its appearance when not applied to a tobacco-pipe, and Fig. 2 is a front view of the cover applied in position on a pipe.

In these views the numeral 5 designates the central portion of the pipe cover proper, which comprises a disk or plate of sheet metal, having a plurality of radiating tongues 6, preferably formed integral with the body of the cover. As shown in Fig. 1 the cover before application to a bowl has the general appearance of a flower with ra diating petals. The tongues 6 are spaced somewhat where they join, the plate or body 5, as shown at 8, to increase the strength of the punches and dies by means of which the cover is-made; I I a The user its the cover to his pipe bowl by bending the tongues down all the way around so that they inclose and clasp the 1 sides of the bowl. For this purpose the tongues are made of ductile material, so that they will stay in the positions to which they are bent, and so that the metal will not break in the operation of bending. Thus the cover accommodates itself to pipe bowls of practically. any size. The body 5 of the plate is preferably made of about the size of the smaller pipe bowls generally used, so that it will not project over the edge of a small bowl, while for larger bowls the tongues merely have to extend radially outward farther before bending downward to clasp the sides. Obviously the cover could be applied, however, even if the body of the plate were of larger diameter than the bowl, since the tongues could be bent inward as well as downward. If for a large bowl, the body of the disk were somewhat smaller than the interior of the to of the bowl, it would not be a drawback, because the inner ends of the spaces between the tongues would then merely constitute additional draft openings.

The cover is provided with a suitable number of perforations for the admission of air and escape of smoke and as indicated at 11 in 1, these perforations may be advantageously arranged in the form of lettering or they may constitute a design or symbol. in addition other draft openings may be formed in the disk, as shown at 12.

The tongues 6 serve primarily to hold the cover against lateral displacement, though they may be caused to clasp the bowl sulficiently tightly to retain the cover against upward movement. The latter holding. however is essentially effected by a pin 16, which is adapted to pass removably through a central hole 13 in the plate 5 and down into the tobacco in the bowl, as indicated in Fig. 2, its sharp point 17 enabling the pin toreadily penetrate the packed charge. The crowding of the packed tobacco around the sides of the pin clasps the same sufliciently by friction to keep the cover in place. I

When thus pushed down into the tobacco an enlargement or eye 18 on theupper end of the pin bears against the upper side of the plate 5 and prevents the latter from moving vertically,

A flexible connection preferably in the form of a chain 22, is secured at one end to the eye 18 of the pin 16 and at the other end to the cover proper, more particularly to one of the tongues thereof. This connection both keeps the cover and pin from becoming separated and lost and fastens the device as a whole to the pipe, even in event of the cover being taken or comin off. To this end it is made of sufiicient Tength so that its intermediate portion can be wrapped or passed around the stem of the pipe, as indicated at 25, Fig. 2. In order to take up surplus or slack chain, as well as to anchor the cover and the pin closely to the pipe, the said pin 16 is passed through link in the chain, as shown at 27, Fig. 2.

With this object in View the chain is pulled up taut so as to apply an initial strain thereto, prior to entering the pin through the cover into the packed tobacco. The pin 16 serves also as a convenient implement for cleaning out the bowl and the draft passage of the pipe. At such times the eye 18 constitutes a serviceable handle, and also enables the pin to be grasped when it is pushed down into the charge to hold the cover in'place. The pin 16 and the eye ,18 thereon serve another useful purpose, namely to transmit and dissipate the heat of combustion from the tobacco burningzin the pipe bowl, thus afiording the user a cooler-and more enjoyable smoke.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my device it will beunderstood that changes in the form, ar-' rangement, size, proportions and details cover adapted torbe bent over the outside of pipe bowls of various sizes, a pin insertible through said opening to penetrate the charge in the bowl and hold the cover from lifting, and a chain attached at one end to the cover and at the other tothe upper end of the pin, adapted to haveits intermediate portion wrapped detachably around the V pipe stem, said chainbeing of sufficient length to admit of passingthe pin through a link thereof prior to entering it into the charge, whereby the cover is closely anchored in position to the pipe. v

, 2. A tobacco pipe cover adapted to overlie the charge in the bowl, in combination with a pin arranged to be thrust through said cover to penetrate the body of'the position and conduct the heat from the burning charge to the cover.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan in the county of New York and State of New York this 21st day of Feb. A. D1913.

MAX JAGEMANN.

Witnesses: H. C. KARLsoN W. H. GEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fUommissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G.

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